Dear Editor
Ever since April’s announcement that Kiwis could get Australian citizenship, I’ve said it’s the only thing this Government has done in five years that might benefit Kiwis. But something has always bugged me about it: why would Hipkins do something that so obviously promotes people leaving New Zealand? Yesterday it dawned on me: they want people to leave.
The leavers – by definition – have “get up and go”, initiative, “umph” etc. They believe in self-responsibility, are ambitious, interested in the big wide world and want to get ahead through their own efforts. I bet a high proportion of them get out to vote, too. Do they sound like Labour voters? How would they vote on co-governance?
Maori MPs have spoken openly about waiting for the old New Zealanders to die off because the “old” Treaty of Waitangi will die with them, to be replaced by the co-governance Te Tiriti model being pushed in the education system. What better way for a Labour party dominated by the Maori faction to hurry up the process than to get the objectors to leave while they are still alive?
2.9 million people voted in the last election and approximately 90,000 people are classified as long-term emigrants every year. That’s 3% of voters, maybe 2% excluding minors and non-voters. Filling their shoes are long-term immigrants who will not hear any view other than the co-governance, Maori wonderfulness model that dominates the media.
In summary, encouraged emigration may be building in a systemic swing to the left; if it’s only half the 2% described above, that’s 3% between election cycles, which is most definitely material to the election outcome. As the saying goes, “If the people don’t vote for you, change the people.”
If this hypothesis is true, it is overwhelmingly sad that a major party wants to get rid of smart people (who either are or will be wealthy) in favour of far-left statism driven by ethnicity. This election is absolutely critical for New Zealand.
Yours faithfully
Dave Spart
